Owning your own home

^me too, its f*cked up my friend got gazumped after paying out for surveys and stuff, the industry needs some regulation but it won't happen with this govt. How does it work in scotland? sealed bids or something, i don't fully understand it..

Buyer appoints a solicitor, vendor appoints a solicitor, find a house, arrange a mortgage, make an offer. If more than one person makes an offer a closing date is decided and then its sealed bids and the highest wins.

Once an offer is accepted its a binding contract.

Nae gazumping nonsense here.